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transcriptome

noun

  1. set of all RNA molecules in one cell or a population of cells
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English transcript English -ome English transcriptome From transcript + -ome.

  1. The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.

    “Within three weeks, he had a partial ‘transcriptome’ of the ctenophore – some 5,000 or 6,000 gene sequences that were actively turned on in the animal’s nerve cells.”